Blaberus giganteus

Blaberus giganteus
Originally uploaded by MichaelDuquetteFowler

one of the world's largest cockroaches found from Costa Rica and Panama to parts of northwest South America and the West Indies. They live in quiet, dark, humid caves in rainforests. They are also sold as exotic pets.

The cockroach dates back over 200-300 million years, and is one of the most adaptable and resilient of all animals on the planet.

Um and they also live in bathrooms.

This picture doesn't do it justice for demonstrating just how large this guy was. He was so big we named him Juan. Not hard to believe people keep them as exotic pets - although - I don't think he'd enjoy being put on a leash.